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Thank you. From the blackest corners of your mind, they call, pulling you deep into shadow, twisting your senses, keeping you from sleep.

It's time to face your darkest fears.

This is Tales to Terrify. Good evening, children of the night, and welcome.

Do you hear that?

In the distance?

The sound of screeching metal and rattling chains?

That, children of the night, is the sound of the twisted gates of our submissions portal slowly beginning to swing shot. But fear not, you've still got time to slide your macabre

masterpiece in under the wire,

if you're quick. Midnight on Monday, September 30th, the portal slams shut forever.

Or, well, until our next submissions period sometime next year anyway.

Tales to terrify.com slash submissions.

Head over, check it out, and bring your twisted tales with you.

We've got a hungry pack of slush readers waiting to devour them.

Help me make sure they're well fed, will you?

Speaking of being well fed, let's get you a little something

frightful to chew on. We have one story for you this evening about a girl who wants nothing more

than to become the perfect daughter for her mother's birthday. Our tale tonight comes to us from Jennifer Lesh Fleck.

Jennifer Lesh Fleck's speculative fiction has been published by, or is forthcoming,

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